Derasha 1 on Metzora 14:19

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:19

The Complete Passuk

וְעָשָׂ֤ה הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶת־הַ֣חַטָּ֔את וְכִפֶּ֕ר עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר מִטֻּמְאָת֑וֹ וְאַחַ֖ר יִשְׁחַ֥ט אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃

Torah Temima points to Zevachim 4a (verified on the daf).

Core Text

יַעֲשֶׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הַחַטָּאת — שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל עֲשִׂיּוֹתָיו לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת.

English: “The kohen shall make the chatas” — that all of its procedures must be performed for the sake of a chatas.

Lishmah requirement

Chazal require that every stage of the metzora’s chatas be performed with the explicit intention that it is a chatas.